Sentence examples for seemed turned from inspiring English sources

Philadelphia's sporting reputation seemed turned on its head.

Everything she touched, it seemed, turned to gold.

A number of others seemed turned to stone, statues with ears.

Its betting handle was falling and gamblers seemed turned off by a declining product that featured an abundance of races with only five or six competitors.

Proud of having kept the faith in the teeth of oppression, the whole Irish nation, so it seemed, turned out to welcome the newly elevated Pope John Paul II as a superstar when he visited in 1979.

Follow-up interviews with people surveyed indicated that respondents seemed turned off by the measures Mr. Bloomberg has taken to balance the city's budget and by his personal style, which tends to be nonconfrontational, low-key and generally enigmatic.

"People seem turned inward these days".

But, for better or for worse, the tide of history seems turned against refuges, sanctuaries, freetowns, zones of no control.

They didn't seem turned off by the actor's ubiquity.

It's hard enough to seem turned on by Uncle Fester without having to stare at literal disintegration.

Does anyone seem turned off by the dog's personality?